Hi FlightDetent,
First of all, RYR is a company "born and raised" in Western Europe. Wizz is not.
I do agree that during the pandemic, RYR behaved liked a proper airline. You're just forgetting how many years it took, and how many fights, and how many union meetings and more fights it took for it to reach to these "on par with the largest EU legacy behemoths".
Again, most RYR bases are in the west so therefore salaries and quality of life (city lifestyle, education, restaurants, etc) will be higher than in most eastern cities...and triple might be a bit of a stretch, no?
Wizz used to have a pretty solid roster pattern and hopefully will return when the numbers are back to normal.
You guys keep comparing apples with oranges. Nobody is saying that Wizz is better than RYR or Easyjet pilots related (imagine the cabin crew), Wizz is Wizz.
And I completely agree with you guys if they want to expand and grow as planned, they'll need to improve the conditions to a different level. Especially when investing so heavily in a country like Italy.